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Is a very complex alteration involving modified DNA and extensive research and testing. Everything is established until you change it. Most medicine is just a c
by suivix 15y ago
Is a very complex alteration involving modified DNA and extensive research and testing. Everything is established until you change it. Most medicine is just a chemical compound you ingest, which would mean they are all 'hacks' with your perspective. The word trivializes the whole process.
- phuff 15y agoThe process isn't a hack, but the end result is :) Not a "quick and cheap dirty hack" but a "I've manipulated a system to do something different or better in a novel way" sense of a hack. My wife had epidurals during the delivery of our children. That, even though it was a medical procedure, was totally a hack :) Inserting novacaine into the spinal column to deaden nerve receptors == hacking the body :) That doesn't mean it wasn't serious business or a big deal. It just means that we figured out a neat way to manipulate an existing system for beneficial results.
- artursapek 15y agoI think it's glorification that's the problem. I would consider medicine a hack, hacks aren't divine achievements.